Need players like him if we are going to be successful. He has more offensive game than many of us thought. I think he could become a solid 3rd line 20 goal guy with the right other players (like current linemates Jones and Backlund). He is still fairly young so likely aren't going to see a problem during a 4 year contract but no longer.
Key point is that we need to avoid having the Jones type of contracts in the bottom 6. I like Jones's game recently but way overpaid. But 2M isn't a huge overpayment assuming cap doesn't plummet. Ideally could keep it under 2M but I doubt it with his scoring this year.
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